فرقه firḳa A (from فرق) s. m. A sect, tribe, class, kind, troop, company, society.

فساد fasād A (from فسد) s. m. Depravity, ini- quity, wickedness, mischief, violence, war, hor- rour, mutiny, sedition, rebellion.

فتق fatḳ A (from فتق To cleave, to split, to open) s. m. A rupture or hernia.

فتا fatā A (from فتي To be young: Heb. To be simple, easily seduced or persuaded) s. m. A youth.

فليته falīta A. (corrupt. from فتيله) s. m. 1. Match, torch, wick, fusee. 2. A wick com- posed of paper inscribed with mystick words, by inhaling the smoke of which demons are said to be expelled from those possessed. 3. A cord of twisted thread sewed between the two folds of the hem of a garment to strengthen it. فليته دار falīta-dār, 1. A matchlock. 2. Any thing that has a match or wick. 3. Cloth hemmed with a cord (فليته falīta, q. v.).

فن fann A s. m. 1. Science. 2. Skill, sagacity, stratagem, art, artifice. (Plur. فنون). فن فريب fann-fareb, or (dakh.) فن فتور fann-fitūr, s. m. Art and cunning. فن فر يبي fann-fareb-ī, adj. Artful, cunning.

فرنگ farang P s. m. Europe.

فحاش faḥḥāsh A adj. (superl. of فحش) Obscene, talking indecently.

فر far P (Arab. فرّ furr, The best and handsomest) s. m. State, pomp, dignity, splendour, glory, lustre, beauty, grace.

فلکي falak-ī A. adj. Celestial, of the heavens, or of fortune.